Il try and keep this simple, since it sort of is…
I’m proposing the addition of a new key-bind which would allow the player to fold their Tracking Radar when its not in use. Radar folding animations were broken a long while ago and when they were finally fixed, tracking radars on a couple SPAA have since never been able to fold. Whilst this is great for staying off enemy RWR, the vast majority of anti air vehicles in the game are equipped to deal with ground targets. obviously when playing the role of a tank destroyer you’d want a lower profile, but being unable to fold your vehicles tracking radar in situations like this makes mid range engagements nearly impossible without being seen and can even make hiding from helicopters & aircraft a challenge on certain maps!!!
The good news is, the SPAA effected likely still have the animations needed for this change to be implemented, its just a matter of re-implementing them under a new bind.
Tracking radars used to fold along with their search radars under one key-bind:
Switch Radar/IRST search on/off. OR:— Y → 1 → 1
whilst this is still very much the case for a lot of the SPAA currently in the game, only the search radar folds on some, resulting in the tracking radar being left up, which on some SPAA can nearly double their height… Ahem OTOMATIC.
now with this suggestion, only one issue really comes to mind. SPAA such as the OTOMATIC had their tracking radar fold BEFORE the search radar, and if this order was inversed by the player using 2 key binds, one would block the others path of movement. Now this could easily be worked around by implementing a system similar to what the Hunter aircraft series have with their airbrakes not being able to be deployed unless the landing gear are stowed, or the MIG21’s not being able to fire their main cannon until their landing gear are stowed, or the search radar could just simply extend by its-self temporarily until the tracking radar has been folded. a small warning informing the player that their folding animation is “blocked by another mechanism” would most likely suffice otherwise…
With all that being said… IF implemented, I feel the tracking radar folding bind should be unset by default, and the radar folding system on these vehicles should remain how it currently is (search radar folds only), UNLESS a bind is set by the player as to not confuse things for those who like the current system and/or play on console where buttons are limited.
PS: the animations and look of the OTOMATIC with its radars both folded looked amazing.
2 years ago: 
Currently: 
This suggestion was based mainly on the OTOMATIC, but applies to the few other relevant SPAA effected if any.
- Yes
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